Cystourethro w/implant at UPMC Cole

1001 East Second Street, Coudersport, PA · UPMC · · NPI 110485184

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published unknown · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$253.20

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$422.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$116.98 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $6,724.92 with Highmark BCBS of PA — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $116.98 ↓ -54%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $118.16 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $118.16 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $119.34 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $121.11 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $121.11 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $122.38 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $124.07 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $127.61 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $127.61 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $128.71 ↓ -49%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $168.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $172.36 ↓ -32%
Geisinger Medicaid $228.15 ↓ -10%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $247.54 ↓ -2%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $279.74 ↑ +10%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $295.40 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $316.50 ↑ +25%
InterGroup PPO $337.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $337.60 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $337.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $337.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $337.60 ↑ +33%
Aetna Commercial $346.04 ↑ +37%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $771.51 ↑ +205%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1,627.41 ↑ +543%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $4,874.58 ↑ +1825%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $5,522.50 ↑ +2081%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $5,522.50 ↑ +2081%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $6,724.92 ↑ +2556%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $6,724.92 ↑ +2556%

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Cystourethro w/implant at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Uniontown Hospital Uniontown $692.83 $180.06 – $373.98
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle not published $208.47 – $9,539.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg not published $221.60 – $4,874.58
UPMC Hamot Erie not published $180.56 – $1,627.41
UPMC Northwest Seneca not published $180.56 – $2,055.59
UPMC Hanover Hanover not published $208.47 – $1,703.11
UPMC Memorial York not published $184.67 – $1,703.11

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